What’s The Longest Want You’ve Had To Finally Getting One !

[The Tempest]

40 yrs for me ! Finally got one ! 

 

[Mal C]

Is this the same group who released 'Crying All alone' on MR GENIUS records?

This one,

 

[The Tempest]

11 minutes ago, Mal C said:

Is this the same group who released 'Crying All alone' on MR GENIUS records?

This one,

 

No idea mate - got that also 

[Roburt]

Some info on the Kama label & Chadwicks Recording studio on GARAGEHANGOVER.

Kama was based out of Utica (which is in the middle of nowhere in New York state -- to the east of Syracuse). Chadwicks studio was located just south of Utica, in a place strangely called Chadwicks. So I'd guess the group (white ?) were from that area. They cut other sides for Kama, each in conjunction with other singers (Danny Bowens & The Avengers "Lavender Blue" being the best of those other cuts). Kama Records was operated by a Stanley Markowski, who had a pressing plant in Utica. Seems his pressing plant was sometimes not working to full capacity, so he hooked up with mob members & pressed up bootleg 45's for them in the early 60's. The mob ran numbers rackets across the US and were always looking for 'legitimate businesses' through which they could launder their money -- maybe they financed the building of this pressing plant. Stanley Markowski, died in 2005 at the age of 82. He had lived in Erieville most of his life (just over 30 miles south west of Utica), working mainly as an auto mechanic and machinery mechanic. Being a machinery mechanic would have been handy if you ran a pressing plant. He'd have been in his late 30's when the pressing plant was in operation.

The Mr. Genius label is out of Philly & that 45 track was almost certainly cut in Philly.

There were quite a few groups who took the name of THE AVENGERS -- I guess these two were different groups.  

Edited 3 hours ago by Roburt

[Steviehay]

22 years finally got one in great condition last year now onto next one 34 years and still waiting !!!!